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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.20910-009

Preserved specimen of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Blacktip Reef Shark recorded on 1979-02-08
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.20910-009
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8054597","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.20910-009"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.20910-009
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Graham, Mr Ken - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Identified date 2015-4
Collector 1.  Oese, D. H   2.  Eis, J. L  
Supplied as "D HOESE & J LEIS"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hook and line]
Date identified 2015-04
Supplied as 2015-4

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8015148
Occurrence date 1979-02-08
Sampling protocol hook and line  
Date precision DAY
Event time 21:0

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carcharhinus melanopterus
Supplied scientific name "Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blacktip Reef Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Carcharhinus
Species Carcharhinus melanopterus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Scientific name authorship (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -14.133
Supplied as: "-14.133"
Longitude 144.533
Supplied as: "144.533"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality CAPE MELUILLE : CAPE MELVILLE
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.20910] Australia, Queensland, CAPE MELUILLE : CAPE MELVILLE (14° 08' S, 144° 32' E) 08/02/1979 - 08/02/1979, D Hoese & J Leis(Collector), Australian Institute Marine Sciences(Collector), Australian Museum(Collector), Queensland Museum(Collector), hook";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 8' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 32' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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